Chicago mayor-elect Johnson faces uphill battle

Reports say people are leaving the city and Illinois. President of wirepoints.org Ted Dabrowski says businesses are up and leaving as well. When people leave they take their money with them and the city and state governments lose out on tax money.

Oil producers’ cuts could boost gasoline prices

Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they’re cutting supplies of crude — again. This time, the decision was a surprise and is underlining worries about where the global economy might be headed.

Chicago labor leaders endorse Paul Vallas for mayor

Leaders from 23 labor unions that have endorsed Paul Vallas for mayor spoke out for him on Monday, including several who said the tax increases proposed by Johnson are not what Chicago’s battered economy needs right now.